Bed-bottom fabric



E. DREFS.

BED BOTTOM FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED 05cm, 1919.

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' EDWARD mmrs, OF'MIL-WAUKIE, OREGON.

' Ban-Borrow: FABRIC.

v Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2 5, 19 22..

Application filed December 31, 1919. Serial No. 348,558.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD Dmizrs, a citizenof the United States, residing at Milwaukie, in the county ofClackamas'and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bed-Bottom Fabrics, of which the following is aspecification. 7

This invention relates to wire fabric designed chiefly for bed bottoms,the same being constructed with a view of yielding, so as to conform asnearly as practicable to the general shape of the person lying there on,thereby resulting in comfort and an equalization of the strain. 7

Referring to the drawings hereto attached:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a corner portion of a wire fabric embodyingthe invention,

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the interlocking joint betweenintersecting or crossing wires, and

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a joint formed between an edge orselvage wire and a connecting or body wire leading therefrom.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the several views of the drawings by likereference characters.

The fabric comprises a plurality of relative longitudinally andlaterally disposed wires which have interlocking connection at theirpoints of crossing or intersection. For the sake of simplicity ofdescription, certain wires designated by the numeral 1 will be referredto hereinafter as the longitudinal wires and certain other wiresindicated by the numeral 3 will be referred to Corresponding wires aredisposed in parallel relation and spaced equidistantly. The outermost orselvage wires will have the body wires attached thereto in a mannerindicated most clearly in Fig.- 3, and the loops 2 and 2? formedthereinare faced outwardly, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 1, to provideattaching means whereby the fabric may be connected to the frame orother sustaining structure. The longitudinal wires 1 are formed atregular intervals with loops 2 which project therefrom in the samedirection, saidloops having the side members brought together and theparts sufficiently large for the passagetherethrough of the lateralortransverse wires 3. As-indicated most clearly in Fig. 1, the outermost,edge or selvage wire has its loops facing outwardly, the longitudinalportion of said wire being designated at 1 and the relative lateral ortransverse portion being designated by the numeral 1*. It will thus beunderstood that the edge wire determining the dimensions of the bedbottom consists of a continuous single wire, the free end of the edge orselvage wire being shown in the upper rightrhand corner of Fig. 1 at 1.The longitudinal wire 1 and the terminal portions of the transversewires 3 are secured at the selvage in substantially the manner indicatedin Fig. 3. The end portion of the body wire 3 is twisted about theselvage wire 1 as indicated at 1 and passes beneath and over adjacentwires as indicated at 5 which forms a loop, thence around the inner endof the loop 2 as indicated at 6 and through the loop 5. The securing ofwires in the manner disclosed prevents separating of the open end of theselvage loops and results in the formation of a tie which possesses adegree of resiliency and whichis free from angular bends, which wouldresult infracture in a comparatively short time. The outer selvage loopsalong the longitudinal edge of the fabric are designated by the numeral2, and the outer loops along the transverse selvage edge are designatedby the numeral 2; but the manner of connecting the body wires to theselvage wire is nearlybut not exactly the same along the lateral as thelongitudinal edge, as shown most clearly in Fig. 1..

The body wires are interlocked in a like manner, which is shown mostclearly in Fig. 2. The lateral or transverse wire 3 extends through theloop 2 as indicated at 7, thence passes beneath the longitudinal wire asindicated at 8, thence over the two wires 3 and 1 as indicated at 9, andaround the base of the loop 2 and over the wire 1 and through tlieportion 9 as indicated at 11. This results in the formation of aconnection which is relatively flat so as to provide an up-bear- 7 ingsurface at the crossing or intersecting of the wires for susta ning thebedding without causing unnecessary friction and wear.

bottom to the bed frame in any desired way commonly employed in the"formation of beds, couches, and analogous articles of furniture orupholstering. I

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

A wire fabric embodying crossed wires, one of said wires being bent toprovide a loop, a second wire threaded through the loop from one sidethereof to the other to engage opposite sides of the loop, said secondstrand of wire being extended toward the mouth of the loop and bent toform a coil therearound, said second strand of wire be- 15 ing thenextended over the first wire and through said coil between portions ofthe loop and coil to form a knot around the .mouth of the loop to closethe same,

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 20 in presence of twowitnesses.

EDWARD DREFS. Witnesses: i

VV'ILLIAM F. EoKnRT, G. N. BARKER.

